I wasn't asking for replication so calm down I was just saying a more friend setup to start with, when I open Gimp or libre office I know where most of the tools are there and easy to find and I didn't have to look up a Manual.
Knowing the concept behind the tool is fine but if you don't know how to recreate that concept because you can 't find similar tools, it's not helpful I will look at more tutorials and guides But do get want it mean? Sent from my iPhone On 20/01/2011, at 6:26 PM, Thorsten Wilms <t...@freenet.de> wrote: > On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 14:10 +1000, Alexander King wrote: > >> i would have to say the tools are quite off putting .Most students >> are taught to use the adobe master collection so switching to >> inkscape, its hard to find the same tools they use in illustrator. > > I do understand that learning to use a specific tool is an investment > and that there can easily be a lack of time and motivation to learn > another one for the same tasks. > > That said, if a piece of Free Software mimics a commercial application, > people say: those people have no ideas of their own and why should > anyone bother with a copy, if you can have the original? > > If a piece of Free Software does not mimic a commercial application, we > get reactions like yours. > > Personally, I started in vector graphics with Freehand, used CorelDraw > when I had no other option at home, experimented with Illustrator and > now I use Inkscape (also: QuarkXPress/Indesign/Scribus, > Photoshop/Gimp ...). I think it's sad when people can't look through the > tool to see the concepts. Even more sad when some folks mix up tool and > area of work (Photoshop vs digital image manipulation). > > >> blender has a good idea where you can change the input to match maya >> so if your new to blender you still now the basics. > > That's a trap, actually. You learn to use something that is neither > Maya, nor Blender. Instead of at least a serious attempt at consistency, > you get to live in a bubble. > > >> all im asking is something like workplaces where your panels are >> arranged in layouts which you can load and save them and have one >> simpler to illustrator. >> or even like education about the programs > > http://en.flossmanuals.net/Inkscape > http://inkscape.org/doc/index.php > > > -- > Thorsten Wilms > > thorwil's design for free software: > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
